Gini index — all countries

Gini index — Madagascar

Gini index in Madagascar in 2021 — 36.8 index. Ranked 56 in the world out of 81. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 21.4%.

2021 36.8 index −13.62% vs 2012
World rank 56of 81
Period maximum 47.4 index2001
Period minimum 36.8 index2021

Trend over time

1980–2021 · index, 0–100

Gini index — Madagascar, 1980–2021354045501980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 46.8 index1993: 45.2 index1997: 39.4 index1999: 38.6 index2001: 47.4 index2005: 39.9 index2010: 42.4 index2012: 42.6 index2021: 36.8 index
Change over the period: −10 (−21.37%) Average annual rate: -0.58 %
Gini index — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2021 36.8
2012 42.6
2010 42.4
2005 39.9
2001 47.4
1999 38.6
1997 39.4
1993 45.2
1980 46.8

Eastern Africa, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The Gini index measures how far the distribution of income (or consumption) in a country departs from a perfectly even one. A value of 0 would mean everyone receives the same, 100 that all income goes to one person. Values below 30 are typical of Northern and Central Europe, values above 50 of a number of countries in Latin America and Southern Africa.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups, and this is not a gap: the inequality of a group does not follow from country-level Gini values — it requires the income distribution of all its residents at once. The data rest on household surveys, are not available for every year, and the base may be either income or consumption.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.